MONTAGU-CHELMSFORD REPORT(1918), Montagu-Chelmsford Reportset of recommendations made to the British Parliament in 1918 that became the theoretical basis for the Government of India Act of 1919, . The report was the result of lengthy deliberations between Edwin Samuel Montagu, secretary of state for India (1917–22), and the Viceroy Lord Chelmsford(governed 1916-21, viceroy of India (1916–21). In August 1917 Montagu had informed the British House of Commons on August 20, 1917, that the policy of the British government towards toward India was thereafter to be one of “increasing association of Indians in every branch of the administration, with a view to the progressive realization of responsible government in India as an integral part of the empire”empire.Soon after this commitment of political reward in lieu of India’s wartime support, Mon-tagu embarked upon a personal tour of India. During his tour, Montagu conferred with Lord Chelmsford, and their lengthy deliberations bore fruit in the Montagu-Chelmsford Report of 1918” Soon afterward Montagu headed a delegation that spent the winter of 1917–18 in India, during which he held his discussions with Chelmsford. The main element of the report was the recommendation that control over some aspects of provincial government be passed to Indian ministers responsible to an Indian electorate.